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CUSHION. No. 509,729. Patented Nov. 28, 1893.

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WALTER H. GOODNOW, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GENDRON IRON WHEEL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CUSHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,729, dated November 28, 1893.

Application filed May 16, 1893. Serial No. 474,414- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER I-I. GooDNow, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- ledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cushions, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the cushions, whereby the same may be used as a seat, cushion or as a mattress or couch cushion in the carriage frame.

The invention further consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts all as more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the body of a childs carriage with one side removed to show the cushion in elevation the same being arranged as in use for a seat. Fig. 2 is a similar elevation of the body showing the mattress or cushion in section. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the head cushion.

A is the carriage body. B is the bottom thereof. 0 is the back. Itis customary in constructing such frames or bodies to form an elevated seat permanently in each frame at one end. This is objectionable when the de vice is desired to be used as a couch.

My invention consists in constructing a cushion formed in sections hinged together so constructed and arranged that it may be supported at one end to form a back and a seat portion, as shown in Fig. 1, or it may be detached and laid in the bottom of the body as a mattress for a couch or it may be removed entirely from the carriage.

D is the seat portion, E the back portion, and F the head portion, these three portions being hinged together. I preferably form the hinged section between the portions D and E by inserting a hinge strap G. of fabric between the meeting edges of the cushion and sew it therein as shown in Fig. 2. The head section F I preferably make of circular form and of a diameter greater than the thickness of the back section E so as to form a head rest or support for the occupant. This head section I preferably construct as shown in Fig. 3 having a suitable covering of greater length than the cushion, the covering being gathered in at H to form an end rufiie I, the contracted portion H serving as a convenient point of attachment for the cord J preferably provided with tassel ends as shown and having a loop J of a length snflicient to pass over the back 0 and engage with hooks K on the rear side of the back, so that this cord not only forms an ornament for the device but also serves to hold the cushion in position when used as a seat, as shown in Fig. 1. To

use it as a cushion the loops J are disengaged from the hooks K and the sections D and E moved toward the front end of the carriage, as shown in Fig. 2. In this position the enlarged head section F serves as a pillow.

What I claim as my invention is- The combination with a support consisting of a flat base and a rigid back extending above the same, of a mattress composed of a series of sections flexibly united, one of the end sections being enlarged in cross-section, flexible loops on the opposite ends of the enlarged section extending up over the upper edge of the back and hooks on the outer face of the back, over which the loops are detachably engaged, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER H. GOODN OW. 

